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Humanity is in the early stages of the most significant evolution in its history: learning to think as a species.
This is the linking of human minds, values, information and solutions at lightspeed and in real time around the planet, via the internet and social media, says science writer Julian Cribb.
Global thought is opening the way to solve some of humanity's greatest threats – including climate change, famine, global poisoning, weapons of mass destruction, environmental collapse, resource scarcity and overpopulation, says Mr Cribb, who is the author of 'Surviving the 21st Century' (Springer 2017), a new book describing the ten mega-threats and what can be done about them.
"Thanks to the internet and social media, people are for the first time communicating across the barriers of language, race, nationality, religion, region and gender. While the internet contains much rubbish and malignance, it also contains huge amounts of goodwill, trustworthy science-based advice, practical solutions to problems – and people joining hands in good causes."
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kaszz on Wednesday March 29 2017, @03:46AM (2 children)
There will be at least one barrier remaining, Stupidity. Not much that translation etc will do to get around that. And the laws of interacting subsystems will result in the most able cognition wise to prefer communication with others on the same level or which have something to trade with.
The remaining question is then. What happens with the people that are able to sustain themselves but can't contribute ever to the progress of society? Chaff? When the more able ones expand resource wise it's likely to collide with others that just exist.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday March 29 2017, @05:57AM (1 child)
"trade with"? "...people... (who) can't contribute...".
Just how do you define "progress"?
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:18AM
Musk could be an example of a contributor.